This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Afshin Heidari during the SS27: Residents/Fellows Session on April 13 2018
Keyword(s): abdominal, atelectasis, blood loss, blunt dissection, cavity exposure, complications, diaphragm, distal esophageal cancer, esophageal cancer, gastrointestinal, GI cancer, ICD codes, ileus, injury, Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, laparoscopic, length of stay, LOS, mediastinal dissection, minimally invasive surgery, MIS, National Inpatient Sample, nationwide trend analysis, neck, NIS, open approach, posteropative pain, postop pain, prognosis, recovery, Residents/Fellows Session, retraction, robotic-assisted approach, technique, thoracic, transhiatal, VATS, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Benefits of minimally invasive techniques of esophagectomy–2:13 Onco Targets Ther 2016